Rug construction



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Aug. 21, 1956 United States Patent O RUG CONSTRUCTION Albert J. J. Kolb, Guilford, Conn.

Application October 12, 1954, Serial No. 461,874

1 Claim. (Cl. 154-49) This invention relates to the art of making rugs and more particularly to a novel method of manufacture especially adapted to the production of braided rugs.

The primary object of the present invent1on resldes 1n the provision of a novel rug construction which enables braided rugs to be made without requiring the tlme consuming and laborious stitching of the braid. t

A further object of the invention resides in the utilization of a foam rubber pad or the like as a base for a braided rug whereby a more resilient rug is formed of highly attractive appearance that is pleasant to walk upon and forms a good cushion for any person steppmg thereon.

Still another object of the invention resides in the utilization of the resilient pad having ber material bonded thereto by an elastic cement thereby enabling a highly attractive and different rug surface to be formed on either side of the pad as may be desired.

Still further objects and features of this invention reside in the provision of a novel rug that is long wearing and durable, highly attractive in appearance, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture.

These, together with the various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by this rug construction, preferred embodiments of which have been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, by way of example only, wherein:

Figure l is a plan View illustrating how ber material can be bonded to a foam rubber pad or the like;

Figure 2 is a partial sectional view of a rug construction employing the basic concepts of this invention in which a sheet of ber material is bonded to a pad of foam rubber;

Figure 3 is a sectional detail view illustrative of a modied form of the invention including a plurality of segments of liber material which are arranged in a pattern and bonded to a resilient pad.

Figure 4 is a partial perspective view illustrating the manner in which a braided strand of liber material can be bonded to a foam rubber pad or the like;

Figure 5 is a plan view with parts thereof being broken away of the rug construction; and

Figure 6 is an elevational view of a rug constructed in accordance with the concepts of this invention and formed by bonding a braided strand arranged in spiral convolutions on each side of a foam rubber pad.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views, initial attention is rice called to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1 and 2, reference numeral 10 generally designates' the rug construction which includes a padding 12 formed of foam rubber or like resilient material. A sheet of brous cloth or material 14 preferably of a woolen felt or the like is then bonded to the pad 12 by means of a suitable elastic cement 16 such as a rubber or latex base cement which will yieldingly hold the fiber material 14 to the pad 12 and will not crack.

In Figure 3 there is shown a first modied form of the invention which is generally designated by reference numeral 18 and herein the pad 20 has applied thereto and adhesively xed by means of a resilient cement 22 a plurality of segments 24 of fiber material such as a woolen felt or the like which are arranged in any suitable pattern and which are held in place by the cement 22 Without necessitating stitching or the like.

Referring now to the form of the invention shown in Figures 4 through 6, it will be noted that herein there is generally designated by reference numeral 26 a braided rug construction which includes a pad 28 of foam rubber or light resilient material which is preferably adapted to have included thereon a suitable resilient elastic cement such as rubber cement or a latex base cement either on one side thereof or on both sides as is indicated at 30 and 32. Then, lengths of braided material 34 and 36 having three or more strands such as are indicated at 38 in Figure 4 are bonded to the pad 28 on either one or both sides thereof as may be desired and arranged in spiral convolutions 40. It is noted that the resiliency of the pad 28 and of the cement 30 and 32 eliminates the necessity for stitching of the braids. Furthermore, by utilization of the lengths of braids 34 and 36 on the opposite sides of the pad 28, a rug having two diierent decorative surfaces can be used with each side of the rug being optionally the upper exposed side so that the interior decor of a room or compartment may be changed as desired by merely reversing the rug so as to show the different patterns on the obverse and reverse sides of the rug.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation 0f the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes Will readily occur to those skilled in the art, itis not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modications and equivalents may ble resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended c aun.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A braided rug construction comprising a pad of foam rubber, a pair of braided strands, each of said strands being arranged in spiral convolutions, one of said strands underlying the reverse side of said pad, the other of said strands overlying the obverse said of said pad, and layers of elastic cement between said strands and said pad securing said strands to said pad.

References Cited in the lile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,481,001 Fenton Ian. 15, 1924 1,499,166 Frazier June 24, 1924 1,854,193 Hopkinson Apr. 19, 1932 

